I used to think that there were full sized men curled up inside of the traffic lights who switched the lights from red to green.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley